From: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
General cleanup of Documentation/cpqarray.txt. Removal of old and obsolete
references, removed references to an external patch.
Signed-off-by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
---
25-akpm/Documentation/cpqarray.txt | 52 +++++++++++++++----------------------
1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/cpqarray.txt~documentation-cpqarraytxt-update Documentation/cpqarray.txt
--- 25/Documentation/cpqarray.txt~documentation-cpqarraytxt-update Thu Oct 28 15:29:14 2004
+++ 25-akpm/Documentation/cpqarray.txt Thu Oct 28 15:29:14 2004
@@ -26,31 +26,13 @@ unable to test against these cards:
* IDA-2
* IAES
-Installing:
------------
-
-You need to build a new kernel to use this device, even if you want to
-use a loadable module.
-
-Apply the patch to a 2.2.x kernel:
-
-# cd linux
-# patch -p1 <smart2.patch
-
-Then build a new kernel and turn on Compaq SMART2 Disk Array support.
-Create device nodes for the diskarray device:
-
-# mkdev.ida [ctlrs]
-
-Where ctlrs is the number of controllers you have (defaults to 1 if not
-specified).
EISA Controllers:
-----------------
If you want to use an EISA controller you'll have to supply some
-insmod/lilo parameters. If the driver is compiled into the kernel, must
-give it the controller's IO port address at boot time (it is no longer
+modprobe/lilo parameters. If the driver is compiled into the kernel, must
+give it the controller's IO port address at boot time (it is not
necessary to specify the IRQ). For example, if you had two SMART-2/E
controllers, in EISA slots 1 and 2 you'd give it a boot argument like
this:
@@ -59,29 +41,27 @@ this:
If you were loading the driver as a module, you'd give load it like this:
- insmod cpqarray.o eisa=0x1000,0x2000
+ modprobe cpqarray eisa=0x1000,0x2000
You can use EISA and PCI adapters at the same time.
-Booting:
---------
-
-You'll need to use a modified lilo if you want to boot from a disk array.
-Its simply a version of lilo with some code added to tell it how to
-understand Compaq diskarray devices.
Device Naming:
--------------
-You need some entries in /dev for the ida device. The mkdev.ida script
-can make device nodes for you automatically. Currently the device setup
-is as follows:
+You need some entries in /dev for the ida device. MAKEDEV in the /dev
+directory can make device nodes for you automatically. The device setup is
+as follows:
Major numbers:
72 ida0
73 ida1
74 ida2
- etc...
+ 75 ida3
+ 76 ida4
+ 77 ida5
+ 78 ida6
+ 79 ida7
Minor numbers:
b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0
@@ -91,7 +71,7 @@ Minor numbers:
|
+-------------------- Logical Volume number
-The suggested device naming scheme is:
+The device naming scheme is:
/dev/ida/c0d0 Controller 0, disk 0, whole device
/dev/ida/c0d0p1 Controller 0, disk 0, partition 1
/dev/ida/c0d0p2 Controller 0, disk 0, partition 2
@@ -101,3 +81,13 @@ The suggested device naming scheme is:
/dev/ida/c1d1p1 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 1
/dev/ida/c1d1p2 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
/dev/ida/c1d1p3 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3
+
+
+Changelog:
+==========
+
+10-28-2004 : General cleanup, syntax fixes for in-kernel driver version.
+ James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
+
+
+1999 : Original Document
_